Panelists broke down the realities of socialism during a segment on the third day of the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (#CPAC)—the largest conservative gathering in the country, whose theme this year is "America vs. #Socialism."
Morgan Zegers, CEO of Young Americans Against Socialism, and Joshua Philipp, a senior investigative reporter with The Epoch Times, spoke about the roots of the ideology during a morning discussion at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center.
Philipp said socialism is the "dictatorship of the proletariat," which involves the government seizing every aspect of society and driving it toward its ultimate goal—communism. The Feb. 28 discussion was hosted by Ian Walters of the American Conservative Union.
"'The Communist Manifesto' says that communism destroys all religion and all morality," Philipp said. "We make the mistake of negotiating with these socialists just on the basis of economics when in reality it is about metaphysics and ontology—it is about attacking and destroying your values, your culture, your ideas and the foundations of your society."
Philipp pointed to the Chinese Communist Party, which he said uses a system of "socialism with Chinese characteristics." Under the rule of the party, between 50 million to 70 million people died of unnatural causes during peacetime.
The regime is also at the forefront of religious oppression.
"To this day they [China] still have concentration camps, they still kill people for believing in religion, they still dictate what you can or can't believe," he said. "They still say that if you want to be a Christian you have to recognize the state first and God second."
Chinese people today are living "under a tyrannical regime that masquerades as a capitalist society" according to Philipp.
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